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Notes from My Polish Childhood

This book is neither autobiography nor a family history. It is a short account of an unusual childhood and the experience of being born into a family living in a repressive political system._The family members faced many restrictions in their daily lives but, in other respects, managed to avoid the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moore, Isabella (Translator)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Brown Dog Books, 2021.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Foreword -- 1. Jelenia Góra -- the town of my childhood -- 2. Kościuszko Square and the surrounding area -- 3. 'The Bastion', House No 2 in Kościuszko Square -- 4. Top floor flat No 7 -- 5. Zofia -- our nanny and housekeeper -- 6. Our kitchen and the 'rescue mission' -- 7. The main bedroom and its treasures -- 8. Zofia's sanctuary -- 9. Bathroom, water and perfumes -- 10. Sitting room through the decade -- 11. My piano and the music school -- 12. Paintings and Wlastimil Hofman -- 13. The portrait by Hofman 
505 8 |a 14. Food -- Polish cuisine in my family -- 15. Festivities of Christmas -- 16. Easter celebrations -- 17. My parents: Irena and Andrzej -- Irena's story -- 18. My parents: Irena and Andrzej -- Andrzej's story -- 19. Uncle Oleś and aunt Halka -- 20. Grandmother Janina and her home in Starachowice -- 21. My father's pharmacy 'Under the Stag' -- 23. The story of the tooth -- 24. Childhood education -- School No 7, spectacles and later mishaps -- 25. Family summer holidays on the Baltic coast -- 26. My brother Jurek and his story -- 27. Brief notes on the Polish political system 
505 8 |a 28. Solidarity -- the independent Polish trade union -- 29. Bodo the dog -- 30. My secondary education -- Stefan Żeromski Grammar School -- 31. Form IB and our teachers -- 32. Memorable school trips -- 33. Matura -- exams for the certificate of completion of secondary education -- 34. Medical School in Wrocław -- 35. Internship in the hospital for miners -- 36. Back to my roots in Jelenia Góra 
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